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Waiting up to a few weeks for the Android 2.3.3 OTA update to roll out may not be your style, so rather than dialing *#*#checkin#*#* in hopes that the update comes to you, Google has not released the zip file updates so you can manually update your phone. Here’s how:

2) Rename the zip file to “update.zip” (no quotes obviously, and be careful if you have file extensions hidden you just need to name the file “update”). Side note: Nexus S users can actually skip this step, as the NS can flash any file.

I have a vodafone UK Nexus one….downgraded to FRG33 (used a different file to above as PASSIMG because above was corrupt). Once I rebooted I was immediately offered the OTA update to Gingerbread! It went straight from FRG33 to Gingerbread